bearded

/'biədid/

Thân thiện

A man with a bearded face smiles warmly.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having hair on the cheeks and chin: Describes a person, typically a man, who has grown hair on the lower part of the face.
   • Having a growth of hairlike awns: Describes certain plants, especially grasses or grains, that have bristle-like appendages.

Usage and Examples

• Describing a person:
  • The old sailor was a bearded man with a kind smile.
  • He looked much older once he became bearded.
• Describing a plant:
  • Botanists study the bearded variety of wheatgrass.
  • The bearded iris gets its name from the fuzzy line on its petals.

Advanced Usage

• "Bearded" as an attributive adjective: Often used directly before a noun to specify a characteristic.
  • They met a bearded stranger on the trail.
• In compound descriptions: Can be part of a longer descriptive phrase.
  • He was a tall, bearded figure standing in the doorway.

Variants and Related Words

• Beard (noun): The hair that grows on a man's chin and cheeks.
  • He decided to grow a long beard.
• Beardless (adjective): Lacking a beard; without facial hair.
  • The young prince was still beardless.
• Beardedness (noun, rare): The state or condition of having a beard.
  • His beardedness was quite impressive.

Synonyms

• Whiskered: Having whiskers or a beard.
• Unshaven: Not shaved; often implies a short, rough beard.
• Hirsute (formal): Hairy; having much hair.

Antonyms

• Clean-shaven: Having the beard or facial hair shaved off.
• Beardless: Without a beard.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• To beard the lion in his den: To confront someone powerful or dangerous in their own place or domain. (Note: This idiom uses "beard" as a verb, meaning to confront boldly).
  • The reporter had to beard the CEO in his den to get an answer.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having a growth of hairlike awns
   • bearded wheatgrass
2. having hair on the cheeks and chin

Từ đồng nghĩa

• barbate
• bewhiskered
• whiskered
• whiskery